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ii Monday July 23 979 urirsnoom 20 53 the examiner PutL brakes on spending The man at the centre of the federal treasury last week threw shock into many Canadians shock perhaps long overdue Treasury Board President Sinclair Stevens had just discovered an additional $1 billion in spending by the prev10us government and declared Canadas bank account virtually empty Canadians who in recent years have witnessed government overspending with appalling regularity might have shrugged off the latest figures Whats another billion But this time the seriousness of the situation is getting through Perhaps the repeated determination by Mr Stevens to reverse overspending by the prev1ous government has been heard Perhaps the double barrelled threat of high inflation and unemployment has people truly worried as well they should Whatever it was Mr Stevens has let it be known that he at least would slam the vault shut to help restore the economy Some pundits will of course say that the new PC govern ment is simply looking for way out of expensive campaign promises But the most important job for the federal govern ment now is to show leadership in national effort to restore healthy economy for all Canadians An essential part is to cut government spending and to start reducing taxes The aim should also be to encourage free enterprise business and industrial expansion to create need ed jobs and reduce unemployment Incentives for productivi ty are also needed part of the recovery process If Canada is to regain its former security the time has come to work together and be trifle afraid for the future There are times when climbing out from our malaise may seem almost an insurmountable task But for country like Canada so rich in natural health it is far from impossible Your business By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Electriccar enthusiasts are claiming that the high cost and in places scarcity of gasoline and diesel fuel prove that their day has arrived Others such as President Estes of General Motors Corp suggest more cautiously that the electric car will be available in significant numbers by the mid 1980s for specific uses Still others say flatly that the problems are too great and that the electric car will never have mass market If the electric car is ever to have significant revival the key will be the development of new battery that will let it operate at higher speeds and for longer distances than have been possible up until now No you dont run an electric car by plugging milelong cord into wall outlet So far the best that has been achieved with electric cars is range of perhaps 80 kilometres 50 miles before having to stop for battery charge with speeds of no more than 70 kilometres 44 miles an hour OpA crating cost About two cents mile Even that however would be satisfactory to millions of people for the daily trip be tween home and workplace and the weekend shopping for groceries In recharging their batteries at night electric cars take advantage of the slack period in demand for electricity GOOD OLD DAYS Nobody can reject the concept of electric cars with the glib excuse that they wouldnt work and the public wouldnt accept them In the early days of the automotive age they did work and the public did accept them to the extent that 80 years ago there were twice as many electric cars in use as gasoline write your mpp It you would like to write your Member of Parliament or Member at Prowncial Parlta ment printed below are thou mailing adv dresses it you send us copy of your lottor it might be suitable for our Lotion to tho Editor columns After all it there is matter at concorn that makes you want to write to your MP or MPP it it is not personal matter it should be of interest to your triands and neighbors too Dull STEWART MPSimcoe South Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont GBMITGIS MPHGreySimcoe Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont ONO WIS MPSimcoe North Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont PM 111 MPWelingtonDutforinSimcoa Parliament Buildings Ottawa Ont PIOVINCIM My 75 MPPSlmcoo Contro Ontario Logislaturo Quoons Pork Toronto Goth SIM mSlmcooEost Qitarlo Logisloturo Ouoons Park Toronto Coug MPPDuflortn Simcoo Quoonc Pork Toronto An electric car in your future buggies Steampowered cars outnumbered both however But electrics cost substantially more than cars powered by either of the other two modes they were two to three times as ex pensive to operate and there were distinct limits to their range and tteir hillclimbing ability Nevertheless electrics remained an im portant element in the North American car market bearing such names as Oldsmobile and Studebaker until the first World War But although they have been gone since then they have never been forgotten One reason for the growth of interest in them in recent years has been environmental chic Some people consider them to be non polluting This overlooks the fact that the generating plants that produce their fuel electricity necessarily emit some wastes into the at mosphere themselves EYE APPEAL more significant reason for the surge of consumer interest in electric cars is probably their appealineg small size which follows the difficulty of providing adequate power Anyone who has driven very small car such as the American Bantam of the 1940s or the Nash Metropolitan of the 19505 is familiar with the smiling enthusiasm that they engendered among sidewalk watchers The US Department of Energy is helping to finance electriccar projects while ap parently closing its eyes to projects designed to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engines With the energy departments assistance General Electric Co in the US recently completed prototype electric car and Gen eral Engines To of Sewell NJ is setting up dealerships for its twopassenger Comuta far priced at $4500 To replace the familiar and relatively inefficient leadacid battery it is expected that more efficient nickelzinc battery will be available by about 1985 Later by 1990 perhaps batteries using sodium sulfur or lithium sulfur are expected to be ready for use and able to extend the range of the electric car to 300 kilometres Another possmiliiy is hybrid car with both an electric motor as its primary source of power and small auxiliary internal rombustion engine to extend its range when the Kftuillifl demands bible thought Htlltld the poor and fatherless dojustice to the afflicted and needy Deliver the poor and needy rid them out of the hand of the wicked Psalms H2tt Happy are the iroplr who are part of his irovismn for those who are near and dear to us heart Inasmuch as you have done it unto one of the least of these ye liav done it unto me we want your opinion Somothing on your mind Sond Lottor to the Editor Ploaso mako it an original copy and sign it Tho Examinor doosnt publish unsignod lots tors but it you With pon nomo will bo ulod lncludo your tolophono numbor and addrou wo havo to vority lottors Bocauso of spaco limits public intorolt and good talto Tho Examinor somotimol has to odit condonso or roioct lottors Lottors to tho Editor aro run ovory day on tho oditoriol pogo Sond your to letters to tho Editor Ibo lumbar Post Office Box 310 Milli Ont MI 416 EDITORS Kodiak Wtk Parliament Hill By STEWART MacLEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson ews Service Those of us who carved up Immigration Minister Ron Atkey for his initial handling of the Vietnam refugee crisis now owe him the courtesy of some compliments for the way he has finally produced proud and positive program bring more boat people to Canada Up until the ministers announcement of this potentially gigantic and generous program there had been very justification for criticizing his performance His earlier paltry plan to admit an additional 1000 refu gees while an estimated 350000 are still living in squalid camps or on leaky boats was nothing short of an embarrassment And to make matters worse the inexperienced minister combined the announcement with some unsolicited breastbeating about Canada setting an example for the rest of the world He later compounded our national em barrassment by warning us of likely backlash if we permitted too many Vietv namese to come to Canada It was not the type of comment one would expect from an immigration minister in the face of such refugee crisis And our national pride took another pounding in relative terms when the United States government without any fanfare announced it was doubling its quota of Take note By MANJURIS It feels good when you wake up each morn ing feeling fit as fiddle ready for whatever may confront you What about the handicapped and the disabl ed how do they feel Have you ever thought what your life would be like under these circumstances Yes it is disturbing thought Maybe this is why wheelchair or aid of this type frightens peo ple Harrie has many disabled and handicapped in its midst but how accessible is our city to these people Jim Clark is one of the disabled in our city He is confined to wheelchair and his greatest beef is mobility or lack of it in Barrie Keep in mind disabled people are fighting for the right to be recognized for their abilities not their disabilities TAKE FOR GRANTED Transportation is something we take for granted yet is something we cant do without Whether we walk drive take taxis buses planes or trains we are constantly on SCOOPS some caries FEEL YOU couw fiE DOING MORE ro mscrtrorr cunt GOVERNMENT til llll tsilllltiiii ADVERIISING RUSINEKS ttlm Pottertrleri cm irilb boats and planes ant shippirtélltzm oul loll their miseru 13ml refugees to 164000 this year This occurred while our government was still thinking about admitting 8000 GOVERNMENT LAOS For several weeks it ap ared that our federal government was lig years behind public opinion in the country Provinces cities and hundreds of community organizations church groups and even private individuals inundated Atkey with demands for more generous response While the federal program was still aiming at 8000 refugees one province Quebec and one city Ottawa had each announced willingness to accommodate 4000 Within days other provinces and other cities launched similar programs About this time Atkey went into virtual seclusion keeping away from the prying press and hounding humanitarian groups Our refugee program appeared to be in shambles and after all this talk about our examplesetting and our glorious traditions in compassion we were told we couldnt drum up transportation facilities to get refugees into Canada There was even the ludicrous statement from government officials that the Armed Forces Hercules aircraft despite being pressurized and airconditioned were not really suitable for refugees Its little wonder the minister was being criticized As Atkey remained closeted with his ad the move We use transportation in our every day life for work shopping medical appoint ments or visiting friends Whatever the situa tion we are the most mobile society in the world Yet there is segment of our population that considers transportation an unob tainable luxury This segment consists of the elderly infirm and physically impaired The elderly strongly desire to reaffirm their roles in public and family anairs but because many cant use conventional transportation they feel relegated to senior citizen homes for the rest of their lives The dream of disabled people is self sufficiency including freedom to shop work go to medical appointments and socialize In factthese people often degenerate more because they cant get out Fortunately in Barrie committee con sisting of representative of service clubs social service agencies concerned citizens and the Ontario March of Dimes has been set up in conjunction with the Province of On COMPOSINO ROOM Jack Kernoy tonmun no Demo hammer combo tho Winn Iron out Amt huroou 04 than omlion rou Mfr ro pthIb nwl otmloo in thin PrrhlvitiIIl tint arr urn visors rumors filtered out that the govern ment in order to rescue its tattered refugee program would probably announce dramatic increase in the quota perhaps even to 20000 and that military aircraft would be pressed into service after all SURPRISING FINALE Well the minister surprised everyone He not only effective lifted the quota entirely he arranged massive airlift with the possibility of later ship charter and in so doing he managed to put the government out in front of public opinion again while throwing the ball right back at his critics Amid this national outpouring of concern for the Vietnamese refugees Atkey has told every organization and individual in the country that for every refugee they sponsor the government will admit an additional refu gee And if 25000 are sponsored before the end of next year that means 50000 refugees will come to Canada If this goal is actually reached said Atkey the nominal quota of 50000 will be revised And to prove the government is no longer fooling around on this issue the immigration department has booked 16000 aircraft seats for refugees over the next five months It was shrewd and surefooted move by the minister following his faltering start He has challenged all of us to prove our concern for the boat people And if we dont produce the shame will be ours not the governments How accessible is our city to disabled and handicapped tario to remedy this longstanding situation PROGRESS MADE Although this committee was only established on June much progress has been made towards achieving the goal of comparable transportation for this often ig nored segment of society However much more needs to be accomplished Since the idea of such service is still relatively new the difficulties in initiating it are many More human resources are needed to conquer these problems With the initiation of viable transporta tion service senior citizens can resume more active role in sociey and many physical ly disabled can integrate into system that they once only viewed through window If you are interested in lending your sup 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the govrmmrnl feels bill has real merit it usually takes it owr and IDA troduces the legislation itself But that doesnt mean private members bills as they are generally called are without purposr What they do is publicm changes member or members think is necessary and serve as launching pad for further debate Its true of course that the quality of these bills varies dramatically from the idiotic to the sublime BESTSET As might be expected the Nlil excel in both categories with Samis leading the parade with good bills about important if not crucial topics minor in terms of society but major for those people affected His latest for example was during the federal election campaign when he in troduced bill that would ban publication of publicopinion polls This was his second try on the same bill and while there may be dispute about its mer its one can only admire Samis sense of timing It is also highly relevant nonidtxilogical bill and to its defenders an attempt to remove one of the major factors than may possibly distort the electoral process MORE BILLS His other bills since his election in late 1974 also fall into the same category of general interest bills Four times hes brought forward bill that would allow beer and wine to be sold in corner grocery stores This was his first bill after joining the House Last year he brought in bill that would retaliate against Quebec construction workers employed here in similiar manner to the way the Quebec government is discriminating against Ontario construction workers trying for jobs there The government later brought in similiar bill which is sitting on the back burner going nowhere Samis believes it may be because they dont want to pass anything that even appears anti Quebec prior to the sovereigntyassociation referendum WISE WAY He also had bill that would have limited cash or service donations to municipal cam paigns the kind of ceiling that already exists for federal and provincial elections And there was bill that would give back wages of employees first claim on remaining assets if firm went bankrupt Plus controversial bill that would allow lawyers to advertise their services Finally bill to allow beer in the ballpark at Toronto Blue Jays games here Not nonsense bill in the lot which iii dicates Samis is Using the private members public bill route fully and wisely the way it should be Backgrounder Nuclear pills iustL is case TORONTO cm The Ontario govern ment is considering plan to give people living near nuclear power plants pills that would reduce the effect of exposure to radiation spokesman says Max Fitch chief of Ontarios radiation emergency control group and director of the labor ministry said Wednesday the potassium iodide pills would be given to people living within five kilometres of the four nuclear power plantsof Ontario Hydro The pills can reduce the accumulation of radiation which concentrates in the thyroid gland Fitch said people would be warned not to take the pills unless told to do so during leak of radiation He said the government is considering dispensing the pills shortly It might be the best way to overcome any difficulties we would face in getting the pills to the people at the beginning of areal emergency The pills must be taken within six hours of exposure to radiation and would be effective for 24 hours Dispensing of the pills was simulated Wednesday in test of emergency plans for people living near the Bruce nuclear power development at Douglas Point Ont nor thwest of London Ont on Lake Huron Pills are kept at the two stations at Douglas Point at Pickering just west of Toronto and at Rolphton about 300 kilometres northwest of Ottawa bible thought For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven and returneth not thither but watereth the earth and maketh it bring forth and bud that it may give seed to the sewer and bread to the enter So shall my word he that goeth forth out of my mouth It shall not return unto me void but It shall accomplish that which please and it shall propaer In the thing wheretol sent It Isaiah 5510 Dont be wea in sowing the word the harvest is bou to come Perhaps it has already made its appearance and ac complished its mission Be faithful believe only